Improvement in plows



UNITED lSTATES PATENT OEEIGE.

.ADAM SGHUETZ, OF GARONDEIJET, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN PLOWS.V

Specificationforming part of Letters Patent No. 182,862, dated October3, 1876; application led i June 26, 1876.

i To all whom it may concern fGarondelet, in the county of St. Louis andState of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Plows,of which the following is a specilication:

Figure l is a side view of my improved plow, partly in section, to showthe construction. Fig. 2 is a rear View ofthe same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. The object ofthis invention is to furnish an improved plow for forming ridges forplanting sweet potatoes, and which may be easily adjusted to adapt itfor any of the uses of an ordinary plow.

The invention will rst be described in connection with the drawing, andthen pointed out in claim.

A is the beam, B are the handles, C is the standard, and D is the brace,of the plow, about the construction of which parts there is nothing new.E is a shovel, which is attached to the lower end of the standard C inthe of the mold-boards F are bolted to the ends of a bow, G, which issupported by the standard O. The rear parts of the mold-boards F aresupported against inward pressure by a crossbrace, H, the ends of whichare secured to said mold-boards F. The mold-boards F are made long andhigh, so that they may throw up the adjacent sides of two ridges at eachpassage across the field. To the point of' the shovel E is secured theforward end of a bar, I, which passes back nearly to the rear ends ofthe mold-boards F, is then bent upward at right angles, and its upperend is secured to the standard C by a bolt and hand-nut, J. Severalholes are formed in the upper part ofthe bar I, to receive the bolt J,so that the said bar may be adjusted to cause the plow to work deeper orshallower in the ground, as may be desired. rlhe bar I also serves as afoot to Vcause the plow to run steadier, and enable it

